Chapter 9 Food: Getting It, Growing It, Eating It, And Passing IT Around
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The questions in this quiz are not of my creation. They are solely used as study material.
- 1.A society's techniques for acquiring food resources is/are its:
- A.
Shopping habits
- B.
Economy
- C.
Subsistence pattern
- D.
Market system
- 2.Humans probably began meat-eating as:
- A.
Scavengers
- B.
Big game hunters
- C.
Herders
- D.
Fishermen
- 3.Big game hunting probably became important:
- A.
On the savannas of Africa
- B.
In the tropical forests
- C.
In glacial areas during the Pleistocene
- D.
Only in recent times after the advent of farming
- 4.For most hunter-gatherer societies, most of the diet comes from:
- A.
Hunted meat
- B.
Gathered plants
- C.
Domesticated food sources
- D.
Fish and small game
- 5.Anthropologist formerly emphasized hunting among hunter-gatherers for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
- A.
It was the major source of food
- B.
Hunting was seen as the more exciting and romantic endeavor
- C.
Hunter-gatherers themselves placed a social emphasis on hunting
- D.
Hunting is a more dangerous, more tenuous activity
- 6.The farming ideas of the Soviet scientist Lysenko did not work because they were based on:
- A.
Religious belief
- B.
Marxist-Leninist social theory
- C.
Lamarckian ideas about evolution
- D.
Mendelian genetics
- 7.Foraging is a synonym for:
- A.
Hunting-gathering
- B.
Horticulture
- C.
Agriculture
- D.
Pastoralism
- 8.Which is most accurate regarding foraging societies in the world today?
- A.
There are about 30,000 foragers left
- B.
There are millions of people who still rely on foraged food
- C.
There are no societies left that are true foragers
- D.
Foragers are isolated so we don't know how many are left
- 9.Why have anthropologists traditionally focused so much on the study of foraging groups?
- A.
They are simple societies and so easy to study
- B.
All humans were foragers for over 90% of human history
- C.
They are exotic and interesting
- D.
They are technologically simple and don't complain about being photographed
- 10.Foraging societies are egalitarian. This means that:
- A.
There are no important differences among the people
- B.
People are equal in wealth although not in status
- C.
People are equal in status although not in wealth
- D.
There are no recognized, formalized status or wealth differences
- 11.Which is the most accurate statement about foraging societies?
- A.
They are usually on the brink of starvation
- B.
They have to try hard to increase their birth rate to maintain their population
- C.
They have to practice methods to limit their birth rate
- D.
They are now extinct because they could not produce enough food
- 12.Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of foraging societies?
- A.
Egalitarian
- B.
Polytheistic
- C.
Nomadic
- D.
Individual land holdings
- 13.The division of labor typical among foragers is that:
- A.
Individual jobs are done by individual specialists
- B.
Men hunt and women gather
- C.
Pretty much everyone does every important task
- D.
The lower classes do most of the manual labor
- 14.The egalitarian San from the Kalahari of southern Africa have one symbol of differential status. It is that:
- A.
Good hunters get more meat from the kill
- B.
Women who gather more plants have more power
- C.
Successful healers sometimes have more than one wife
- D.
Larger individual groups have the right to a larger territory
- 15.For the San, "insulting the meat" is a means of:
- A.
Maintaining their egalitarian outlook
- B.
Keeping anthropologists from feeling superior
- C.
Keeping less powerful men from achieving higher status
- D.
Showing the spirit of the dead animal the superiority of humans
- 16.The first evidence of food production comes from about:
- A.
250,000 years ago
- B.
100,000 years ago, with the first modern humans
- C.
12,000 years ago
- D.
Around the beginning of the Christian era
- 17.Evidence for the transition to food producing is in all the following forms EXCEPT:
- A.
Artifacts used in food producing and processing
- B.
Remains of ancient grains
- C.
Ancient paintings of people planting
- D.
Biological differences between wild and domestic plants and animals
- 18.Intensive foraging refers to:
- A.
The overexploitation of an environment by hunting and gathering
- B.
Large scale farming or herding
- C.
The exploitation of new food sources after the final glacial recession
- D.
Extra energy put into foraging to stave off starvation
- 19.The exploitation of new food sources available in some areas after the final recession of the Pleistocene glaciers 12,000 years ago is known as:
- A.
Food producing
- B.
Intensive foraging
- C.
Horticulture
- D.
Domestication
- 20.Archaeologist Kent Flannery suggests that farming probably began:
- A.
In the midst of areas of rich natural resources
- B.
In areas of poor natural resources
- C.
In the tropics
- D.
In poor areas at the margins of rich ones
- 21.The first animal species to be domesticated was probably:
- A.
Cattle
- B.
Corn
- C.
Reindeer
- D.
Dogs
- 22.Evidence of the domestic dog goes back to:
- A.
100,000 years ago
- B.
35,000 years ago
- C.
12,000 years ago
- D.
7, 000 years ago
- 23.Other than the dog, domestic animals begin to appear about:
- A.
35,000 years ago
- B.
10,000 years ago
- C.
5, 000 years ago
- D.
2,000 years ago, around the beginning of the Common Era
- 24.Which of the following was NOT a New World domesticate?
- A.
Llamas
- B.
Turkeys
- C.
Guinea pigs
- D.
Bison (buffalo)
- 25.Which is NOT a reason for the lateness of domestication in the New World?
- A.
Humans didn't enter the New World until later
- B.
The early humans in the New World were not as intellectually advanced
- C.
There were fewer domesticable species in the New World
- D.
Important wild food sources were found in great abundance
- 26.Which of the following was NOT a New World domesticate?
- A.
Maize (corn)
- B.
Wheat
- C.
Beans
- D.
Potatoes
- 27.In the Old World, which species were the earliest to leave evidence of domestication?
- A.
Sheep, goats, and cattle
- B.
Pigs
- C.
Camels
- D.
Horses
- 28.Which is NOT evidence of early animal domestication?
- A.
Biological differences between wild and domestic animals
- B.
Detailed written records about selective breeding procedures
- C.
Large numbers of bones of elderly animals found at sites
- D.
Clay tokens used to keep track of trade involving animals
- 29.The first evidence for plant domestication is ____________ years old.
- A.
35,000
- B.
11,000
- C.
5,000
- D.
2,000
- 30.The first evidence for plant domestication comes from:
- A.
Southwest Asia
- B.
Asia
- C.
Africa
- D.
Europe
- 31.Which is NOT evidence of early plant domestication?
- A.
Differences between wild and domestic plants
- B.
Presence of tools used for harvesting and processing
- C.
Pottery and baskets for food storage
- D.
Written records about planting, harvesting, and storage
- 32.Which is NOT a typical feature of horticulture?
- A.
Human energy source
- B.
Digging sticks
- C.
Hoes
- D.
Plows
- 33.Which is NOT generally true of horticultural societies?
- A.
Full-time labor specialists
- B.
Polytheism
- C.
Larger populations than foragers
- D.
More sedentary than foragers
- 34.Agriculture, as opposed to horticulture, is found in:
- A.
Areas of richer natural resources and better climates
- B.
More tropical areas
- C.
Areas that require more advanced farming technologies
- D.
Areas with large populations to support
- 35.Which is generally NOT true of agricultural societies?
- A.
Use of animal labor and complex tools
- B.
Full-time labor specialists
- C.
Large, sedentary populations
- D.
Lack of social stratification
- 36.The term "civilization" refers in anthropology to:
- A.
Societies that have ethics and morals
- B.
Societies without warfare and violence
- C.
The presence of cities and their characteristics
- D.
The presence of highly developed forms of art and literature
- 37.Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of civilization?
- A.
Record keeping
- B.
Peaceful coexistence with neighbors
- C.
Metallurgy
- D.
Centralized government
- 38.
- A.
Have domesticated animals
- B.
Herd animals as the basis of their subsistence
- C.
Live outside of urban settings
- D.
Are nomadic
- 39.Which is NOT true of pastoralists?
- A.
Egalitarian with regard to all resources
- B.
Emphasis on animal herds
- C.
Sexual division
- D.
Nomadism or semi-nomadism
- 40.Many anthropologists distinguish industrial societies from agricultural ones on the basis of:
- A.
Major food source
- B.
Population size
- C.
Use of mechanical sources of energy
- D.
Degree of social stratification
- 41.The form of goods and services distribution among foragers is:
- A.
General reciprocity
- B.
Balanced reciprocity
- C.
Redistribution
- D.
Market system
- 42.I helped your family move to a new home, so now that I am moving, I expect your family to help me. This is an example of:
- A.
General reciprocity
- B.
Balanced reciprocity
- C.
Redistribution
- D.
Market system
- 43.A market system is distinguished by the presence of:
- A.
Large, open-air stalls for selling products
- B.
Centralized government control
- C.
Money and a profit motive
- D.
International trade networks
- 44.Which of the following is NOT an example of redistribution?
- A.
The Kwakiutl potlatch
- B.
Our income tax system
- C.
Contributions to charitable organizations
- D.
Meat distribution among the San
- 45.A society in which socioeconomic strata are stable and unchanging is a _______society.
- A.
Rank
- B.
Class
- C.
Egalitarian
- D.
Caste
- 46.The Hutterites, with regard to their internal economics, could be considered a ______ society.
- A.
Rank
- B.
Class
- C.
Egalitarian
- D.
Caste
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